TEKNOLOGI TEPAT GUNA PRODUK OLAHAN UBI JALAR DI DESA KERTABASUKI KECAMATAN MAJA

Abstract

Sweet potato is one of the dominant crops in Kertabasuki village, especially in the dry season. Nevertherless, local farmers cannot enjoy theirharvestbecause of lowest price of the sweet potatoes in the local markaet. Sweet potato’s nature is not durable, therefore farmers unable to increase income. It was the reason why the young populationdid not interested in farming field. Method of Comunity Services program used are training, technical guidance, assistance, and facilitation. Processing sweet potatoes into flour is one of the methods of preserving also an effort to increase the utilization of sweet potato so that it can be used as a raw material for food industries. The use of appropriate technology for sweet potato processing, assets management, capital budgeting, and accurate product costing are expected to be Kertabasuki village a center for processing sweet potato, cassava, rice, sticky rice, and breadfruitbe flour.